Police Recover Stolen ATM, But Theft Suspects Remain at Large

The Adairsville Police Department is asking the public to help them locate three men who were involved in the theft of an ATM at a local bank.

Around 3:16 a.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to a broken window alarm call at Cracker Barrel at 941 Highway 140 east of Interstate 75.

“It was immediately obvious to the officers that this was a diversionary tactic,” Adairsville police said in a press release. A passerby informed 911 dispatchers about someone using a forklift to remove an ATM at the Bank of the Ozarks along the same highway west of the interstate.

Officers discovered the vehicle in connection to the theft traveling southbound on I-75 and began to follow the car. Once the suspects discovered they were being pursued, they crashed the vehicle near the Cassville-White Road/exit 296 interchange and fled on foot.

An Adairsville K-9 officer, along with officials with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia State Patrol, were called in to assist with the search.

While the ATM, cash and truck were all recovered, the suspects — all described as three white males — remain at large.

Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call Adairsville police at (770) 773-7778 and ask to speak with detective Josh Lemming.

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